Tag: Bill Clifton

Bill Clifton with friends at 1993 Takarazuka Bluegrass Festival in Japan

Many thanks to Kaz Inaba in Japan for sharing this historic video of Bill Clifton when he visited Japan in 1993,…

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Bill Clifton: America’s Bluegrass Ambassador to the World – a review

I have had to think long and hard about what to say about the recent Bill Clifton biography, America’s Bluegrass Ambassador…

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Bill Clifton health update

On June 1, (2017), we reported that Bill Clifton had been hospitalized for abdominal surgery. His recovery and subsequent release to…

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Bill Clifton health update

Since reporting last week that bluegrass legend Bill Clifton had been hospitalized in Bristol, TN, we have received another update from…

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Bill Clifton hospitalized [updated]

Tineke Marburg, Bill Clifton’s wife, reports that he is in the ICU in Bristol Regional Medical Center in Tennessee, to where…

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Bill Clifton book now available

Late in October 1963, bluegrass singer Bill Clifton and his family moved to England for what was planned to be a…

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On This Day #22 – Springhill Disaster

On this Day …….. On November 7, 1958, Bill Clifton recorded Springhill Disaster, a song that he adapted from a poem…

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On This Day #16 – Andy Townend

On this day …. On July 21, 1998, ace British mandolin player Andy Townend passed away in the Kent and Sussex…

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July is Virginia Bluegrass Festival Month

Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell has issued a proclamation declaring July 2011 as Virginia Bluegrass Festival Month. It, and six others recognizing…

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Bill Clifton inducted into IBMA Hall Of Fame

Recently the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) announced the names of the two inductees to the International Bluegrass Music Hall of…

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